U.S. Montgomery Land Office - Surveyors' boundary line field notes, 18??.

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U.S. Montgomery Land Office - Surveyors' boundary line field notes, 18??.

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United States General Land Office Surveyors General contracted with deputy surveyors to survey public lands before the lands could be offered for sale. These records consist of undated printed forms on which surveyors' notes were recorded. The forms include notes on the quality of soil, terrain and trees in the area. The forms are labeled "quality of land on the boundaries of the township," "quality of land on the interior section lines," "corners described on the boundaries of the township." These records add to an understanding of the wilderness area in Ala. before settlement.

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama. Secretary of State. Lands Division.

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United States. Montgomery Land Office

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Authorities: Brannon, Peter. "Through the Years: United States Land Offices in Alabama." Montgomery Advertiser. 1936 July 26. Bush, Evelyn. "United States Land Offices in Alabama, 1803-1879." Alabama Historical Quarterly 17 (1955): 146-153. The Montgomery Land Office was established by an act of 1832 July 10 to administer the Tallapoosa Land District in the State of Ala. The office opened on 1834 Jan. 1 and originally was made up of the lower Cree...

United States. General Land Office

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Under regulations approved on March 20, 1915, tracts set aside as villa sites under the provisions of an act of April 12, 1910, within the former Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, were offered for sale at public auction, beginning at Polson, Montana, on July 26, 1915. The sale was adjourned to Dayton, Montana, on August 6 and concluded at Kalispell, Montana, on August 7, 1915. There were 889 parcels of land, not less than 2 nor more than 5 acres in area, fronting on Flathead Lake, and under ...